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For his Friday show on MSNBC, MTP Daily host Chuck Todd tried his hand at comedy as he confidently proclaimed that Republicans will blame Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson for inflation because that is all they have. Giving the “Republican” perspective for the panel discussion was former party chair Michael Steele who agreed and claimed Jackson’s confirmation hearings will…

On Wednesday, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) posted a lengthy Twitter thread with damming evidence of Biden Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s record of being soft on child porn offenders. All three evening news broadcasts (ABC World News Tonight, CBS Evening News & NBC Nightly News) ignored Hawley’s allegations. This comes in stark contrast to the way the networks treated…

A confused PBS NewsHour host Judy Woodruff sought to inquire on Wednesday how Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell could possibly oppose Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court considering some conservatives have signaled support for her.

Towards the end of Thursday’s Inside Politics on CNN, host John King and chief congressional correspondent Manu Raju lamented that Republicans are not lining up to vote for Ketanji Brown Jackson amid her “historic nomination” to the Supreme Court.

On Thursday evening's episode of MSNBC's The ReidOut, Joy Reid used her nightly segment "The Absolute Worst" to go after Fox News host Tucker Carlson for daring to ask for Biden Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s LSAT scores. 

While interviewing Democratic Senator and Judiciary Committee member Chris Coons on Monday, the hosts of CBS Mornings urged for quick confirmation of President Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson and saw no reason for any “delay at all when it comes to her background.” In addition, the broadcast fondly recalled how the person Jackson was replacing, liberal Justice…

On The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart on MSNBC, Fordham law professor Christina Greer uncorked a Pants On Fire claim that the resumes of Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett were "abysmal and embarrassing" compared to the long, long list of qualifications of Biden's nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. 

On the Saturday edition of Today on NBC, political contributor and PBS Washington Week host Yamiche Alcindor reacted to the news of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court with excitement that Democratic activists will have another voice on the Court, but lamented that her ability to actually bring change is limited.

CNN senior legal analyst Laura Coates joined CNN Newsroom on Friday to react to the official announcement of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court. According to Coates, Jackson is almost a goddess-type figure who has descended from Mount Olympus and that she only hopes she will be afforded due process before the Senate.

On Friday’s CNN Newsroom, White House correspondent John Harwood said that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s opposition to President Biden’s nomination of Ketanji Brown to the Supreme Court Jackson on the grounds she is going to be a reliable liberal is not a substantive criticism.

On Friday evening, the three evening newscasts were giddy over President Joe Biden’s choice of Ketanji Brown Jackson to fill the seat of the retiring Justice Stephen Breyer. Words like “historic” were thrown around to describe her nomination. 

Moments after President Biden officially nominated Judge Kentanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Friday afternoon, CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell swooned: “No matter what your politics, you couldn’t help but be moved by what just happened at the White House.” She even brought on Democratic Senator Cory Booker to further cheerlead for Jackson during the live special…

CNN senior political correspondent Abby Phillip could hardly contain her excitement on Friday's New Day, when the news broke that President Biden has nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. Phillip hailed the nomination as one that could help address “the unfairness in the system” that exists for minority defendants.

In an attempt to help himself get elected, President Biden engaged in identity politics by promising to nominate a black woman to the Supreme Court. Despite that fact, for CNN senior political correspondent Abby Phillip and New Day host Brianna Keilar on Wednesday, it was actually Republicans engaging in identity politics for pointing it out.